Carole L. Palmer1, Cheryl Annette Thompson1,
Carol Tenopir2, Suzie Allard2, Matthew S. Mayernik3,
James Kreft4
1Graduate School of Library & Information Science, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States of America; 2School of
Information Sciences, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; 3National
Center for Atmospheric Research; 4Center for Integrated Data
Analytics, U.S. Geological Survey

Monday, Nov. 3, 1:30pm

Summary

As
demand
for
data
expertise
intensifies,
educators
are
developing
new
programs
to
prepare
professionals
for
emerging
roles
in
data
systems
and
services.
They
are
challenged,
however,
by
not
knowing
enough
about
evolving
workforce
needs
and
the
state-of-the-art
and
emerging
best
practices
at
the
forefront
of
the
field.
This
interactive
panel
will
report
on
recent
studies
on
workforce
demand
and
educational
strategies
that
are
meeting
that
demand
through
academic
programs
built
in
partnership
with
established
data
centers.